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High Noon for Microfinance Impact Evaluations : Re-Investigating the Evidence from Bangladesh
Duvendack, Maren - 2011
Recently, microfinance has come under increasing criticism raising questions of the validity of iconic studies which … have justified the microfinance phenomenon. This paper applies propensity score matching (PSM), which has become widely … rigorous evidence supporting claims that microfinance benefits the poorest especially when targeted on women. After carefully …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131788
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The COVID report card
Czasonis, Megan; Kritzman, Mark; Pamir, Baykan; … - 2020 - This version: October 16, 2020
The authors model COVID infections and COVID deaths, both reported and implied, for the 50 U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia, and separately for a sample of 33 countries, as a function of pre-existing circumstances that citizens have no ability to control over the short term. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012502027
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Impacts of Real Effective Exchange Rate on Sudan Macroeconomic Variables
Mohamed, Issam A.W; Hamza, Hamza - 2012
The purpose of this study is to estimate the effects of Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) on Sudan trade balance (TB). The present situation is confusing for all in Sudan with discrepancies in market effective foreign currencies and government declared prices. For example, one US$ in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041198
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Measuring externalities in program evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2006
Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343252
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Does Foreign Aid Fuel Trust?
D'Onofrio, Alexandra - 2015
What are the socioeconomic effects of foreign aid in developing countries? How effective is aid in promoting social capital? The paper focuses on these questions from an empirical perspective and assesses the casual effect of foreign aid on trust in Uganda. Individuals living in counties that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032272
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Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance : what do we know?
Maîtrot, Mathilde; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2017
Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the … the limited comparability of outcomes and the heterogeneity of microfinance-lending technologies, together with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776445
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Financial literacy and food safety standards in Guatemala : the heterogeneous impact of GlobalGAP on farm income
Müller, Anna K.; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2015
The transformation of the global agrifood system is characterized by the increasing importance of food safety and quality standards. This trend is challenging farmers in countries like Guatemala, who often lack necessary skills and assets. We contribute to the ongoing discussion about the impact...
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Micro-econometric evaluation of subsidized employment in Morocco : the case of the "Idmaj" program
Chatri, Abdellatif; Hadef, Khadija; Samoudi, Naima - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-13
This paper aims to assess the impact of the Moroccan wage subsidy program "Idmaj". It applies the propensity score matching method to the data from a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour on a sample of eligible individuals. Our results suggest that wage subsidies in Morocco have a positive...
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Does microfinance program innovation reduce income inequality? : cross-country and panel data analysis
Miled, Kamel Bel Hadj; Younsi, Moheddine; Landolsi, Monia - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-15
This paper uses cross-country and panel data set to test the significance of microfinance on income inequality … microfinance in reducing inequality at the macro level. Moreover, our results suggest that microfinance loans can lead to improve … recommendations to policymakers, as they could generate suitable strategies to consider microfinance institutions as a more popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803816
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A Bayesian Spatial Propensity Score Matching Evaluation of the Regional Impact of Micro-Finance
Gonzales, Rolando A. - 2018
A Bayesian Spatial-Propensity Score Matching estimator is proposed to measure the regional impact of micro finance on poverty reduction and women's empowerment. The impact of micro finance in Bolivia was tested with this estimator, using census and household survey data. The results suggest that...
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